Chapter 2411

After Lu Zhanpeng listened to Yu Feng's words, he did not feel that the other party's actions were stingy, because what Yu Feng said was indeed the truth. It can be said that each of these machines brought over from the old time and space is a priceless treasure, and the industrial sector has also been

Try every means to extend the service life of these machines, and even seal most of them away, leaving them to be reactivated after the industrial capacity develops to a certain level in the future, so that these machines can be fully utilized.

If the lifespan of such a precious machine is greatly damaged due to improper use, it will be a great loss to the advanced civilization represented by the Haihan Kingdom and the time travellers. Yu Feng is willing to lend his machine for testing

, which already gave Lu Zhanpeng a lot of face.

However, Lu Zhanpeng also heard something else from Yu Feng, and asked directly: "Are you planning to build your own engine?"

Yu Feng nodded and said: "I have such an idea, but there are still many technical difficulties in implementing it. First of all, you have to improve the quality of your oil. Otherwise, even if you can build an engine, the fuel will still be useless.

use."

Lu Zhanpeng said: "The quality of the gasoline and diesel produced now is not ideal, mainly due to mass production quality. If it is only used for scientific research and the demand is not large, then the quality can be improved, but the processing procedures are more complicated.

It’s just that the cost is higher.”

Lu Zhanpeng's tone is relaxed, but the actual situation is of course not that simple. Most of the problems in the production process can be solved in the laboratory, but the production capacity and cost are definitely not able to meet the requirements of industrial production, and the solutions in these laboratories

It is difficult to directly apply the scheme to actual production.

The local oil refining technology used by the Hainan Petrochemical Department currently pollutes the environment extremely seriously. The Executive Committee does not want this heavy industry to be built on Hainan Island, so most of the oil refining equipment is built near the oil production areas on Taiwan Island.

, this can also save the trouble of long-distance sea transportation of crude oil.

But this also brings a big trouble to this industry, because the research institutions of the chemical industry are basically located in Sanya Tiandu Industrial Zone. Some of the results obtained from research here must be put into practical application in Taiwan.

Implementation, and then making adjustments based on production feedback. As time goes by, the efficiency of the process from research to application is reduced to an impossible level.

With the current local oil refining technology, Haihan can actually extract gasoline, kerosene, diesel, lubricating oil, paint materials, chemical raw materials, heavy oil and other products from crude oil, and the remaining residue can also be used to make asphalt. But the most important of them is

The quality of mass production of several types of fuels worth several billions has not been ideal, and it will take a long time to improve the production process. If not, it is estimated that the executive committee would have put the production of fuel engines on the agenda long ago.

Yu Feng said: "Listen to what you said, why do I feel that there is more than a few differences? Please explain it carefully."

Lu Zhanpeng had no choice but to explain to him: "At present, our crude oil refining rate is less than 60% of what it was in the old time. The diesel oil I brought just now is the quality of the refinery's usual mass production. Although you don't like it,

But the output of this thing is only about 80 liters a day. If you want to reach the diesel quality of the old time and space, you can only transport it back to Sanya for finishing, and the cost may increase several times."

Yu Feng said: "Then it seems that only by moving all your research departments to Taiwan's oil production areas can we achieve technological breakthroughs as soon as possible!"

Lu Zhanpeng shrugged and said, "That's the crux of the matter. No one wants to leave their comfort zone in Sanya and go to the mountains of Taiwan to do scientific research. If it were you, would you be willing to stay there for two or three years?"

"This..." Yu Feng heard Lu Zhanpeng state the key point so frankly, and he couldn't refute it at the moment. Asking himself, if it were him, he would also be unable to let go of his family, career and life circle in Sanya and plunge into life.

Living and working in the mountainous areas of Taiwan, where the environment is poor, requires long hours.

For Haihan today, this is already a stubborn disease that is becoming increasingly apparent, and this situation occurs far beyond the petrochemical industry. Almost every position that requires long-term overseas postings faces similar problems. After all, everyone abandons the old

People in time and space come to participate in time-travel operations, mostly to realize their dream of becoming a master here. Few people are willing to repeat the hard days of the first two years of time-travel. The initial period of overseas colonies often has a difficult environment, and

If you contract a disease such as malaria and pneumonia locally, there will not even be a place for treatment.

Even those who have career pursuits like Yu Feng and Lu Zhanpeng still prefer to stay in Sanya for development. Therefore, industries like petrochemicals that require the construction of research institutions in oil production areas will inevitably become cripples.

The speed at which scientific research is transformed into productivity has far failed to keep up with the needs of development.

Yu Feng coughed twice and took the initiative to change the topic: "Since the quality of this diesel won't be improved for a while, we'd better consider my plan. We can build the engine first and create objective demand. Only in this way can we possibly force the Executive Committee to

Invest more resources in the petrochemical industry and improve refining technology and fuel production capacity."

Lu Zhanpeng said: "You speak so eloquently, doesn't it mean you've already started doing it secretly?"

Yu Feng said seriously: "What does it mean to be sneaky? Is it fair and square? I have repeatedly confirmed the steel materials to be used with Changhua and asked Qiao Zhiya to personally supervise the production."

Lu Zhanpeng asked curiously: "Then how far have you come?"

Yu Feng said: "The design plans and drawings are readily available, so it doesn't require any thinking. However, it's hard to say whether the materials I have found so far can be used to build engines, so I sent the material samples to the laboratory.

Ask them to inspect it. If the material can pass the test, then I plan to use the stored CNC machine tool again, and the main parts can be produced in a few days."

Lu Zhanpeng said: "Can't you use these steam machine tools in your factory?"

Yu Feng shook his head and said: "The steam machine tool is not powerful enough to process high-precision parts. The best it can do is make a relatively high-precision blank, and then slowly polish the dimensions by hand."

The current processing capabilities of these equipment in the machinery factory cannot yet meet the requirements for manufacturing engines, so Yu Feng wants to start the stored high-precision machine tools. But compared to the processing technology, the real problem is actually the material.

Many parts inside the engine cannot be made of iron, such as pistons, crankshafts, sealing rings, etc. The materials required to make these parts cannot be made by Yu Feng's machinery factory. He can only ask the industry

Ask other departments under the ministry for help.

Although Qiao Zhiya claimed that the materials produced by Changhua could meet the technical requirements put forward by Yu Feng, he did not dare to take the risk of taking these materials directly to the equipment for processing. He still sent samples for inspection first, and then started processing if they were qualified.

Lu Zhanpeng immediately thought of another question: "If Changhua can already produce various materials needed for engine production, then why doesn't Qiao Zhiya directly provide them to the Ministry of Industry and let Baikes organize R&D and production as an official?"

"The cost issue." Yu Feng explained: "Of course the Ministry of Industry can organize the production of prototypes, but the problem is that the current engine manufacturing technology is still in the exploratory stage, and the materials are not very reliable. The verification machines built in the early stage are probably just trial and error.

.Although the Ministry of Industry can also bear these costs, since there are private individuals willing to eat this crab at their own expense, Baikes will definitely prefer to let private individuals bear the initial research and development costs. Don’t forget, all the technologies I master must

It must be shared with the Ministry of Industry. If I build it, it is actually equivalent to the Ministry of Industry building it."

"Then the question is, why do you want to do this before the Ministry of Industry? Even if you build an engine that can be used in practical applications, you can't sell it without the approval of the Ministry of Industry!" Lu Zhanpeng asked.

"According to regulations, it cannot be sold." Yu Feng nodded and said, "But I can make it for my own use! If I make this thing, wouldn't it be better than a steam engine? I can upgrade the equipment of my factory, and it can also be used in other applications.

If you just think about it, there are a lot of uses in the field. But if I want to wait for the Ministry of Industry to build this thing and then buy it for use, then I have to wait until the year of the monkey?"

Yu Feng had already planned this, but it was still in the preparatory stage. He didn't want to reveal his detailed plan too early, so that was enough. In order to prevent Lu Zhanpeng from asking the question, he took the initiative to change the topic:

"Didn't you say yesterday that you had something you wanted to get drawings for so that I could give you a quote?"

"Oh, yes, yes, I almost forgot about this if you didn't mention it!" Lu Zhanpeng slapped his forehead and quickly took out a stack of drawings from his briefcase and handed them to Yu Feng: "That's it, please help me take a look and do the math.

Construction period and cost.”

Yu Feng took it and looked through it for a while. It turned out that this was a design drawing of a four-wheel load-bearing flatbed truck with a steering function. The biggest difference from ordinary load-bearing trucks is that this flatbed truck carries a load of about two cubic meters.

jar.

Yu Feng understood immediately: "Is this a tanker truck?"

Lu Zhanpeng nodded and said: "That's right. It's still not convenient to transport oil now. Now that your welding machine has been developed, you can make oil tanks. So I plan to get a batch of such oil tank trucks and use livestock

What do you think about pulling a car?"

Yu Feng said: "It can be built, but with so many process requirements listed on your drawing, the construction period may be relatively long... How many vehicles do you want to build?"

Lu Zhanpeng said: "How much you want to build depends on your construction period and quotation!"

Yu Feng shook his head with a smile, called his apprentice Yin Dezhi in, handed him the drawings, and asked him to immediately calculate the construction period and production quotation. In fact, he had already roughly calculated a number in his mind, but given this opportunity, he still wanted to casually

He also asked his apprentices to exercise.

"There's no need to rush this matter. You can figure it out slowly first, and then give me an answer when we meet on the weekend. I have other things to do later, so I won't delay here." Lu Zhanpeng didn't intend to wait for Yu Feng's apprentice to calculate it.

After the results came out, he stood up and left.

"Okay, we'll go fishing that weekend, and we'll talk slowly then." Yu Feng also stood up and sent Lu Zhanpeng out.

As for Lu Zhanpeng's verbal promise to invite all the employees of the machinery factory to have a big dinner in the city, he did not forget it. However, he would definitely not accompany him in person, so he asked Yu Feng to make arrangements for him and just ask him to report the cost later.

The next day, Yu Feng received the material inspection report from the laboratory. Several materials he sent, the conclusions given in the report were not ideal. These things can be used, but their reliability is not good.

If it is used to make engines, the power it can convert and its service life may be worrying.

But such a situation is definitely impossible for Yu Feng to give up. Even if it is only barely usable, Yu Feng still decides to trial-produce a prototype. If the feasibility of manufacturing the engine can be proven from this, he can make further requests to Bai Kesi, such as letting the industry

If the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology invests more resources in the research and development of materials, this will definitely be more effective than making requests to departments such as Changhua Industrial Zone.

But Yu Feng was not sure how sure he could be of success if he persisted. If the engine he built was unusable, he would have to bear the corresponding research and development costs himself.

Two days later, on the sea near Yalong Bay, Yu Feng and Lu Zhanpeng were fishing together on the boat. Their families and children were also on the boat, grilling a few fish they had just caught around a small charcoal stove. They meet every weekend to go fishing.

, this is a relatively regular family social activity for the two of them. Although the content is a bit boring, the two of them were sea fishing enthusiasts before traveling through time, so they enjoyed it.

"The thing I regret most now is that I only brought these fishing gear here. I should have spent some of my money to buy a fishing boat myself, like the North American gang did, so that I could go fishing in distant places." Lu Zhanpeng

He muttered while putting bait on the fishhook.

Next to me, Yu Feng smiled and said, "You mean you don't like my broken boat?"

Lu Zhanpeng quickly explained: "Of course not. Your boat is not bad, but after all it is only the craftsmanship of Sanya Shipyard. It is still a bit uneasy to travel far away."

Yu Feng's boat is a private sea fishing boat he ordered from the shipyard a few years ago. It is a relatively rare local purely steam-powered boat with no sails and masts. The hull is more than 20 meters long. Due to the use of more

With advanced power and driving systems, fewer crew members are needed, and there is more space on the ship for activities and residences for family and friends who go to sea with Yu Feng.

This ship has a steel frame keel inside, and the hull is much stronger than an ordinary sailboat. Even if it goes to the sea with bigger waves, there will be no problem. However, the real reason for Lu Zhanpeng's criticism is obviously not this, but that the Sanya Shipyard has long been

Various orders are filling up the construction period. It is estimated that it will be impossible to build a privately customized sea fishing boat within two or three years. Lu Zhanpeng's wish to build his own boat will not be realized for a while, and it is inevitable that he will be a little jealous.

This is a friend's boat.
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